June 27, 2023
South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Fed Up With Years of Delays in Housing Project
Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 "housing opportunities" will only begin next year Read more »
June 26, 2023
South Africa: Cape Town Informal Settlement Under Water for Two Weeks
Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Numsa Secretary Must Be Reinstated, CCMA Rules
Vuyo Lufele was suspended after raising concerns about 3Sixty Life, a funeral insurance company owned by the union Read more »
South Africa: Durban Community Fears Life in the Dark Without Streetlights
The City has hired private security after losing millions of rand annually to cable theft and vandalism Read more »
South Africa: Here People Collect Coal Dust to Cook and Stay Warm
"What is the use of being climate conscious because this duff coal is like gold to us" Read more »
South Africa: Labour Court Fires Dishonest National Lotteries Commission Employee
The client liaison officer was originally given a suspended dismissal for ten years for gross dishonesty on condition she did not re-offend Read more »
June 23, 2023
South Africa: There's a Way to Sort Out Lighting in Informal Settlements
Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests Read more »
South Africa: No One Knows When Building Will Restart On the Manenberg School of Skills
The construction tender was ruled invalid because of bungling by a Western Cape government department Read more »
South Africa: Coal Truck Torched in Gqeberha Elecricity Protest
Protesters were demanding the electrification of about 3,000 shacks Read more »
South Africa: Taps Not Tankers Say Land Occupiers in Cape Town
"We are wary of using water from the tankers because of what happened in Hammanskraal" Read more »
June 22, 2023
South Africa: Scientists Sound Alarm On Failing Water Systems
All four towns that have recorded cholera deaths this year have failing drinking water supply and failing sewage treatment plants Read more »
South Africa: Major Court Victory for Trade Union
Simunye Workers Forum is a genuine trade union, not "a vehicle for enriching individuals" says judge Read more »
South Africa: 'Drunk' Judge Nkola Motata to Be Impeached
Supreme Court of Appeal rules that Judicial Services Commission was wrong Read more »
South Africa: Reality Show Cleared of Inciting Domestic Violence and Hatred
Decision against Moja Love by BCCSA commissioner overturned Read more »
South Africa: Families Here Relieve Themselves in Plastic Bags Which They Throw Into the Drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench Read more »
South Africa: Gqeberha Shack Dwellers Protest After Electricity Disconnected By RDP Home Owners
Residents of Baloyi informal settlement say two transformers installed in March have never been connected Read more »
South Africa: Homeless Man Killed By Cape Town Officer Was Part of a Gang, Court Told
Defence in murder trial says evidence by the state witness is "tailored" Read more »
South Africa: Moti Group Accused of Bringing SLAPP Suit
Media freedom organisations have asked to join court proceedings in the amaBhungane "gagging" case Read more »
June 21, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds March to Gugulethu Clinic Demanding Better Service
Protesters want a new hospital to be built Read more »
South Africa: Unisa Campus Closed Due to Water Quality Concerns in Tshwane
Water is discoloured due to sediment, says City Read more »
South Africa: Rural Eastern Cape Flood Victims Left to Fend for Themselves
The homes of 25 families were destroyed in December 2022. They have received no help to date Read more »
South Africa: Some Crèches Never Got the Promised Covid Relief Funds, and Now It's Too Late
Early Childhood Development relief programme comes to an end Read more »
June 20, 2023
South Africa: City of Cape Town, National Govt in Spat Over Homeless People Living At the Castle
Land belongs to Public Works department Read more »
South Africa: Thabo Bester Saga - State Expects Three More People to Be Arrested
Case postponed again for further investigation Read more »
South Africa: 18 Months Later, East London Flood Victims Still Haven't Been Housed
Nonceba Pamla lost her daughter in the floods as well as her home. She is still waiting for the house she says she was promised Read more »